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MTU

MTU is one of the leading manufacturers of large diesel engines and complete propulsion and drive systems for marine applications, for heavy land, rail and defense vehicles, and for the oil and gas industry. The company also manufactures tailor-made electronic control and monitoring systems for engines and for propulsion and drive systems.

MTU has a long tradition in the development, manufacture and supply of marine engines, propulsion and automation systems. Over 24,000 diesel engines have been delivered to date for both large and small vessels around the world.

When it comes to safety and environmental protection, the world's navies, coast guards, police forces and other authorities know no compromise. For these applications, MTU has developed clean, tailor-made propulsion systems that feature outstanding power density, low weight, shock-resistance, compact design, quiet running, quality, straightforward operation and low life-cycle costs. The MTU product portfolio is supplemented by compatible automation software and hardware for controlling the propulsion system and other on-board functions.

MTU engines are also in service in marine passenger applications around the globe. They offer safe and economic operation as a result of their low weight and compact size, in addition to their high level of reliability and availability. This can be seen in Europe and Asia, for example, where the vast majority of hydrofoils and catamarans are powered by MTU engines.

MTU engines and automation systems have been providing the power for large numbers of harbor tugs, fishery protection vessels and other workboats for many years. This area of application places particularly heavy demands on propulsion systems, as the vessels must be capable of delivering full power for up to 24 hours a day. Reliability, rugged design, low fuel and oil consumption and straightforward maintenance are essential requirements - no matter how rough the sea, the wind and the weather conditions might be.

The use of MTU engines in industrial applications is virtually unlimited. All over the globe, MTU engines provide their owners with the reliable, fuel-efficient and economic drive solution they need at high altitudes and low temperatures, in all climate zones, on all types of roads and whatever the terrain. MTU’s versatile engine concept enables the customer’s requirements to be integrated into the overall design process to meet his specific needs. This is a major advantage, since MTU provides not only the engines, but also the system expertise and service to match.

MTU drive systems for mainline and multipurpose locomotives and for multiple units operating on commuter and regional services are designed specifically to meet the widest range of operational conditions and set the standards in terms of exhaust emissions. Day-in, day-out, on all continents, they deliver an impressive performance – whether providing regional passenger services, hauling heavy freight or on high-speed routes; whether operating at high service speeds on long-distance passenger services, powering industrial locomotives or providing switching operations in marshaling yards. Due to their low weight, compact design, smooth running characteristics and low noise emission levels, MTU engines are the drive units of preference for rail vehicles.

The company’s innovative range of drive systems is ideally complemented by MTU’s PowerPack®, which combines all the individual system elements in a single functional unit mounted on a common raft. The latest MTU engines are also ideal for repowering programs. Their space-saving dimensions mean they fit easily into existing engine compartments and are compatible with existing peripherals.

In the case of gensets earmarked for the oil and gas industry, safety is the overriding concern. Shortcomings in terms of reliability can endanger persons and machinery and can result in high failure and downtime costs. Based on a wealth of experience and expertise, Rolls-Royce Power Systems markets gensets under the MTU brand that comply with the highest standards of quality for generating emergency power, for fire-fighting pumps, drilling mud pumps, drilling facilities, winch and frac drives.

Other features of MTU gensets are particularly important on offshore platforms. Their compact design reduces the extremely high costs of deck space and the supporting structure to a minimum, while the excellent fuel efficiency and low maintenance costs minimize operating expenses. In addition to systems engineering and documentation systems, MTU completes the commissioning process and provides a fully comprehensive service and maintenance program.

In the defense sector, MTU can boast a proud tradition spanning decades of experience in defense vehicle drive systems. The product portfolio includes complex drive systems for small armored vehicles down to the latest main battle tanks.

Each series of tank engine marketed by Rolls-Royce Power Systems under the MTU brand is available in various cylinder configurations. To ensure optimum performance in a main battle tank, for example, a 12-cylinder engine can be provided an 8-cylinder engine of the same series for a howitzer.

For howitzers, mobility and flexibility are key performance criteria. Drive systems powered by MTU engines meet this challenge. They also feature compact, powerful, light-weight and low-maintenance design and a cold-starting capability to 40° below freezing.

Around the globe, military MTU engines are operating in the tropics, deserts and arctic wastes - both on land and on water. Each of these applications demands extremely powerful engines capable of generating high torques. MTU engines are veritable power packs: rugged, with immense lugging power, they deliver outstanding reliability, in addition to low fuel and oil consumption.

MTU Onsite Energy

The product portfolio offered by MTU Onsite Energy includes standardized and tailor-made diesel gensets for emergency, base load and peak load power generation and for cogeneration plants for the generation of combined heat and power based on gas engines.

Storms, operational failures and unstable grid systems frequently result in temporary outages in public power supply systems. When they happen, we depend on on-site power generators to swing into action within a few seconds to restore power and prevent injury to people, damage to property and extensive economic losses.

Under the MTU Onsite Energy brand, Rolls-Royce Power Systems provides a wide range of systems based on diesel and gas engines for emergency, peak load and base load power generation. The systems supply emergency power to relatively small buildings such as banks and clinics, but also to entire city districts and nuclear power stations. MTU Onsite Energy also provides mobile, prefabricated and pre-tested container gensets. These are versatile units designed to be relocated from one site to another within a short space of time. They are up and running and ready to deliver the required power in less than 15 seconds.

In times of peak load power distributed system solutions manufactured by MTU Onsite Energy supply the necessary higher power output. In extreme cases, both diesel and gas-driven energy systems can be relied on to supply the power needed and to supply it fast.

The power plant can either feed the power into the public grid to cover the peak load demand (grid parallel operation) or supply individual consumers direct (island operation). This may involve a single genset or several units connected in parallel. To keep the frequency and load stable, places a high demand on the diesel engine and generator control system.

In conjunction with its high-precision diesel engine control system, MTU Onsite Energy also provides tailor-made components that ensure reliable, precise and user-friendly control.

Base load power generation requires the highest levels of reliability and economic efficiency in equal measure. Under the MTU Onsite Energy brand, Rolls-Royce Power Systems provides diesel and gas-powered distributed energy systems designed specifically for this purpose.

Gensets equipped with MTU diesel gensets are in operation around the world and around the clock to provide a reliable distributed source of power to even the remotest consumers – such as desert mining locations.

Many of MTU Onsite Energy’s varied peak load applications work on the cogeneration (CHP) principle, a particularly environmentally-friendly technology for the combined production of heat and electric power.

CHP plants powered by gas engines utilize natural gas or biogas for example to generate heat and power in industry, in commercial premises and in public buildings, such as swimming pools and hospitals. They can also operate with biogas obtained from farming, sewage plants and refuse sites.

Bergen Engines AS

Bergen Engines supplies medium-speed Rolls-Royce engines for power generation applications, for the oil and gas industry and for marine.

With up to 9,700 kilowatts of power, Bergen gas engines generate electric power in large, decentralized power plants. Customers include public utilities, independent electricity producers, the oil and gas industry, in addition to operators of commercial greenhouses.

Since 1943 Bergen Engines has developed, manufactured and installed diesel engines that meet the requirement of shipowners and operators. They are robust, reliable and deliver high performance, while meeting the most stringent environmental requirements. The company has developed gas engines since the early 1980’s. Bergen marine engines are supplied either for mechanical transmission or as complete generating sets for electric propulsion or power generation. They are used to power offshore support vessels, tankers, cargo vessels, tugs, ferries and passenger ships.